B efore New York was New York, it was New Amsterdam: a Dutch settlement named for the canal-filled city back home. This year marks the 400th anniversary of the settlement, which was established in ...

But if she had thought otherwise, New York would have reverted ... Company being superseded by that of the Dutch Republic, and the name of the settlement being changed from New Amsterdam to ...

according to the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. The Dutch settlers and the Native Americans started the first settlement in 1635. As the colony grew and commerce expanded ...

A temporary field of flowers will be installed in Union Square on “Tulip Day” Sunday — to mark the 400th anniversary of Dutch settlers arriving in New York. While Tulip Day celebrations have ...

COXSACKIE — Four centuries ago, the Bogardus, Conyn, deWandelear, Van Bergen, Van Buren, Winnie, Bronck and many other Dutch families ... colonial history of New York.

What many consider the first real Dutch settlement in the land that was to ... by both Giovanni da Verrazzano, who explored New York Harbor in 1524, and Henry Hudson, who sailed up what is now ...

Historian Barry Lewis takes us back in time to rediscover the first European settlers in New York — the Dutch. The year 2009 marked the 400th anniversary of explorer Henry Hudson’s voyage to ...

Some NBA fans are only just realizing the Knicks’ name refers to the “Knickerbockers” term relating to a pants style worn by Dutch settlers in New York. On Thursday night, the Knicks ensured ...

It's all part of "Founded By NYC," the city's yearlong commemoration of the founding of the Dutch settlement in 1625. New Amsterdam had a diverse population, just like present-day New York City.

A depiction of 17th-century life in New Amsterdam, the Dutch settlement on the island of Manhattan that eventually became New York City. While legends about the purchase of the island abound ...

Dutch settlers "bought" the island of Manahatta from the Lenape in 1626. Rijksmuseum via Wikimedia Commons under CC0 1.0 DEED Before New York was New York, it was New Amsterdam: a Dutch settlement ...